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Ben Chapman
William Benjamin Chapman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 15, 1930
Final Game May 12, 1946
Born December 25, 1908 in Nashville, TN
Died July 7, 1993 in Hoover, AL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1930 21 NYY AL 138  513   74  162  31 10  10   81  14  6  43  58  .316  .371  .474  116  243   6           2    
 1931 22 NYY AL 149  600  120  189  28 11  17  122  61 23  75  77  .315  .396  .483  135  290   6           5     MVP-15
 1932 23 NYY AL 151  581  101  174  41 15  10  107  38 18  71  55  .299  .381  .473  125  275   5           5    
 1933 24 NYY AL 147  565  112  176  36  4   9   98  27 18  72  45  .312  .393  .437  125  247  10           4     MVP-20,AS
 1934 25 NYY AL 149  588   82  181  21 13   5   86  26 16  67  68  .308  .381  .413  111  243   8           3     AS
 1935 26 NYY AL 140  553  118  160  38  8   8   74  17 10  61  39  .289  .361  .430  108  238  14           1     AS
 1936 27 TOT AL 133  540  110  170  50 10   5   81  20  9  84  38  .315  .408  .472  121  255   3           1     AS
         NYY AL  36  139   19   37  14  3   1   21   1  2  15  20  .266  .338  .432   91   60   2           0    
         WSH AL  97  401   91  133  36  7   4   60  19  7  69  18  .332  .431  .486  131  195   1           1    
 1937 28 TOT AL 148  553   99  164  30 12   7   69  35 12  83  42  .297  .389  .432  105  239   6           1    
         WSH AL  35  130   23   34   7  1   0   12   8  0  26   7  .262  .385  .331   85   43   0           0    
         BOS AL 113  423   76  130  23 11   7   57  27 12  57  35  .307  .391  .463  111  196   6           1    
 1938 29 BOS AL 127  480   92  163  40  8   6   80  13  6  65  33  .340  .418  .494  123  237   8           0    
 1939 30 CLE AL 149  545  101  158  31  9   6   82  18  6  87  30  .290  .390  .413  108  225  20           2  19
 1940 31 CLE AL 143  548   82  157  40  6   4   50  13  7  78  45  .286  .377  .403  105  221   3           2  19
 1941 32 TOT AL  85  300   35   71  15  1   3   29   4  4  29  20  .237  .304  .323   68   97   2           0   9
         WSH AL  28  110    9   28   6  0   1   10   2  2  10   6  .255  .317  .336   76   37   1           0   7
         CHW AL  57  190   26   43   9  1   2   19   2  2  19  14  .226  .297  .316   63   60   1           0   2
 1944 35 BRO NL  20   38   11   14   4  0   0   11   1      5   4  .368  .442  .474  160   18   1           0   0
 1945 36 TOT NL  37   73    6   19   2  0   0    7   0      4   2  .260  .299  .288   65   21   0           0   5
         BRO NL  13   22    2    3   0  0   0    3   0      2   1  .136  .208  .136   -3    3   0           0   1
         PHI NL  24   51    4   16   2  0   0    4   0      2   1  .314  .340  .353   95   18   0           0   4
 1946 37 PHI NL   1    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons         6478      1958    107      977    135     556  .302  .383  .440  114       92   0   0  26  52
               1717      1144      407     90      287    824                            2849
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        611  108  185  38 10   8   92  27 13  78  52  .302  .383  .440  114  269   9   0   0   2   5
 Career High    151  600  120  189  50 15  17  122  61 23  87  77  .340  .418  .494  135  290  20   0   0   5  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 21 NYY AL  564  363   90   6.6   112| .316  .290| .371  .354| .474  .426| .845  .780| 116  .603  12.5   1.1  70%
 1931 22 NYY AL  686  440  116   7.0   104| .315  .280| .396  .347| .483  .400| .879  .747| 135  .659  31.4   3.0  72%
 1932 23 NYY AL  662  430  103   6.4   107| .299  .279| .381  .349| .473  .410| .854  .759| 125  .611  22.3   2.1  67%
 1933 24 NYY AL  651  417   95   6.1   101| .312  .273| .393  .344| .437  .394| .830  .738| 125  .613  23.9   2.3  60%
 1934 25 NYY AL  666  431   91   5.6   106| .308  .279| .381  .352| .413  .402| .794  .754| 111  .552  11.0   1.0  61%
 1935 26 NYY AL  629  417   85   5.5   107| .289  .281| .361  .353| .430  .406| .791  .759| 108  .537   7.6   0.7  62%
 1936 27 TOT AL  628  382  105   7.3   117| .315  .293| .408  .368| .472  .430| .880  .798| 121  .624  21.6   1.9  68%
         NYY AL  156  106   20   5.0   119| .266  .295| .338  .370| .432  .433| .770  .803|  91  .455  -2.1  -0.2  33%
         WSH AL  472  276   85   8.2   117| .332  .292| .431  .367| .486  .429| .917  .796| 131  .671  23.7   2.1  73%
 1937 28 TOT AL  643  407   95   6.2   119| .297  .292| .389  .368| .432  .436| .821  .804| 105  .573   5.8   0.6  74%
         WSH AL  156   96   18   5.0   113| .262  .285| .385  .359| .331  .424| .716  .784|  85  .473  -1.4  -0.1 100%
         BOS AL  487  311   77   6.5   120| .307  .295| .391  .371| .463  .439| .854  .810| 111  .599   7.3   0.7  69%
 1938 29 BOS AL  553  331   99   7.9   123| .340  .296| .418  .376| .494  .442| .912  .818| 123  .675  19.4   1.8  68%
 1939 30 CLE AL  654  432   89   5.5   111| .290  .283| .390  .357| .413  .418| .803  .775| 108  .534  10.0   0.9  75%
 1940 31 CLE AL  631  420   83   5.2   108| .286  .275| .377  .348| .403  .418| .780  .766| 105  .526   7.8   0.7  65%
 1941 32 TOT AL  331  244   29   3.2   104| .237  .273| .304  .349| .323  .402| .627  .750|  68  .326 -13.9  -1.3  50%
         WSH AL  121   92   11   3.2   102| .255  .269| .317  .345| .336  .397| .653  .742|  76  .328  -3.5  -0.3  50%
         CHW AL  210  152   18   3.2   106| .226  .274| .297  .351| .316  .404| .613  .755|  63  .325 -10.4  -1.0  50%
 1944 35 BRO NL   44   25    8   8.6    92| .368  .266| .442  .332| .474  .373| .916  .706| 160  .787   3.4   0.4     
 1945 36 TOT NL   77   59    7   3.2    95| .260  .270| .299  .340| .288  .373| .587  .713|  65  .367  -3.5  -0.3     
         BRO NL   24   20    1   1.3    96| .136  .272| .208  .342| .136  .375| .344  .717|  -3  .107  -3.1  -0.3     
         PHI NL   53   39    6   4.1    94| .314  .270| .340  .339| .353  .372| .693  .711|  95  .483  -0.4   0.0     
 1946 37 PHI NL    1    1    0   0.0    90| .000  .259| .000  .334| .000  .362| .000  .696|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     7420 4799 1095   6.1   110| .302  .283| .383  .355| .440  .414| .823  .769| 114  .583 159.1  14.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1944 35 BRO NL   5   3  11   9   6   0   1  0   79.3   75   36   30   4   33   37   3   1   349       0  3.40  3.54  104 1.361
 1945 36 TOT NL   3   3  13   7   2   0   5  0   60.7   71   41   39   3   38   27   3   2   288       1  5.79  3.77   65 1.797
         BRO NL   3   3  10   7   2   0   2  0   53.7   64   33   33   3   32   23   3   2   254       0  5.53  3.76   68 1.789
         PHI NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    7.0    7    8    6   0    6    4   0   0    34       1  7.71  3.84   50 1.857
 1946 37 PHI NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    1   0   0     5       0  0.00  3.45  inf 1.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .571   8   6  25  16   8   0   7  0  141.0  147   77   69   7   71   65   6   3   642       1  4.40  3.64   83 1.546
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13   9  41  26  13   0  11  0  233.7  243  127  114  11  117  107   9   4  1064   0   1  4.40  3.64   83 1.546
 Career High      5   3  13   9   6   0   5  0   79.3   75   41   39   4   38   37   3   2   349   0   1  3.40  3.77  104 1.361

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1930 21 NYY AL 3B 91 100 149 24 11 .912 .945 2.74 2.84 2B 45 132 146 18 36 .939 .969 6.18 5.66 1931 22 NYY AL OF 137 300 14 12 1 .963 .969 2.29 2.25 90 0 50 2B 11 25 33 2 4 .967 .965 5.27 5.48 1932 23 NYY AL OF 150 303 13 17 2 .949 .967 2.11 2.28 81 0 86 1933 24 NYY AL OF 147 288 24 8 4 .975 .970 2.12 2.21 76 0 77 AS 1934 25 NYY AL OF 149 368 12 13 2 .967 .968 2.55 2.16 41 87 23 AS 1935 26 NYY AL OF 138 372 25 15 7 .964 .970 2.88 2.30 0 138 0 AS 1936 27 TOT AL OF 133 377 13 16 4 .961 .968 2.93 2.29 0 133 0 AS NYY AL OF 36 106 3 4 0 .965 .968 3.03 2.29 0 36 0 WSH AL OF 97 271 10 12 4 .959 .968 2.90 2.29 0 97 0 1937 28 TOT AL OF 144 349 10 8 1 .978 .969 2.49 2.28 2 42 100 WSH AL OF 32 87 1 4 0 .957 .969 2.75 2.28 0 32 0 BOS AL OF 112 262 9 4 1 .985 .969 2.42 2.28 2 10 100 SS 1 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 3.00 5.10 1938 29 BOS AL OF 126 267 15 10 5 .966 .972 2.24 2.28 1 0 125 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.10 1939 30 CLE AL OF 146 356 12 11 0 .971 .969 2.52 2.35 2 137 9 1940 31 CLE AL OF 140 307 10 12 3 .964 .970 2.26 2.32 62 18 62 1941 32 TOT AL OF 75 176 7 2 2 .989 .973 2.44 2.33 47 22 7 WSH AL OF 26 54 3 1 1 .983 .973 2.19 2.33 26 0 0 CHW AL OF 49 122 4 1 1 .992 .973 2.57 2.33 21 22 7 1944 35 BRO NL P 11 3 6 1 0 .900 .957 0.82 1.09 1.02 2.15 9 79.3 1945 36 TOT NL P 13 2 14 1 1 .941 .964 1.23 1.06 2.37 2.18 7 60.7 BRO NL P 10 2 13 1 1 .938 .962 1.50 1.06 2.51 2.18 7 53.7 PHI NL OF 10 13 1 1 0 .933 .979 1.40 2.33 2 6 2 3B 4 2 6 2 1 .800 .941 2.00 2.98 P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.07 1.29 2.19 0 7.0 1946 37 PHI NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1930 21 NYY AL 2B 45 132 146 18 36 .939 .969 6.18 5.66 1931 22 NYY AL 2B 11 25 33 2 4 .967 .965 5.27 5.48 1930 21 NYY AL 3B 91 100 149 24 11 .912 .945 2.74 2.84 1938 29 BOS AL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.10 1945 36 PHI NL 3B 4 2 6 2 1 .800 .941 2.00 2.98 1931 22 NYY AL OF 137 300 14 12 1 .963 .969 2.29 2.25 90 0 50 1932 23 NYY AL OF 150 303 13 17 2 .949 .967 2.11 2.28 81 0 86 1933 24 NYY AL OF 147 288 24 8 4 .975 .970 2.12 2.21 76 0 77 1934 25 NYY AL OF 149 368 12 13 2 .967 .968 2.55 2.16 41 87 23 1935 26 NYY AL OF 138 372 25 15 7 .964 .970 2.88 2.30 0 138 0 1936 27 TOT AL OF 133 377 13 16 4 .961 .968 2.93 2.29 0 133 0 NYY AL OF 36 106 3 4 0 .965 .968 3.03 2.29 0 36 0 WSH AL OF 97 271 10 12 4 .959 .968 2.90 2.29 0 97 0 1937 28 TOT AL OF 144 349 10 8 1 .978 .969 2.49 2.28 2 42 100 WSH AL OF 32 87 1 4 0 .957 .969 2.75 2.28 0 32 0 BOS AL OF 112 262 9 4 1 .985 .969 2.42 2.28 2 10 100 1938 29 BOS AL OF 126 267 15 10 5 .966 .972 2.24 2.28 1 0 125 1939 30 CLE AL OF 146 356 12 11 0 .971 .969 2.52 2.35 2 137 9 1940 31 CLE AL OF 140 307 10 12 3 .964 .970 2.26 2.32 62 18 62 1941 32 TOT AL OF 75 176 7 2 2 .989 .973 2.44 2.33 47 22 7 WSH AL OF 26 54 3 1 1 .983 .973 2.19 2.33 26 0 0 CHW AL OF 49 122 4 1 1 .992 .973 2.57 2.33 21 22 7 1945 36 PHI NL OF 10 13 1 1 0 .933 .979 1.40 2.33 2 6 2 1944 35 BRO NL P 11 3 6 1 0 .900 .957 0.82 1.09 1.02 2.15 9 79.3 1945 36 TOT NL P 13 2 14 1 1 .941 .964 1.23 1.06 2.37 2.18 7 60.7 BRO NL P 10 2 13 1 1 .938 .962 1.50 1.06 2.51 2.18 7 53.7 PHI NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.07 1.29 2.19 0 7.0 1946 37 PHI NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1937 28 BOS AL SS 1 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 3.00 5.10
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1495 3476 156 125 31 .967 .969 2.43 2.27 404 583 541 3B 96 102 156 26 12 .908 .945 2.69 2.85 2B 56 157 179 20 40 .944 .968 6.00 5.62 P* 25 5 20 2 1 .926 .962 1.00 1.07 16 141.0 SS 1 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 3.00 5.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1673 3742 512 174 84 .961 .968 2.54 2.40
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1932   WS    NYY CHC     W   4  17   1   5  2  0  0   6   2   4  .294  .368  .412   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1933   NYY AL   *   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1934   NYY AL       2   0   1  0  1  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1935   NYY AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1936   WSH AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/4      1   8   0   2  0  1  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1933 (LF)
1934 *
1935 *
1936 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1931-AL-15-0.09
1933-AL-20-0.05
Car-795-0.14 shares

Batting Average
1938 AL-.340-3

On-base %
1933 AL-.393-9
1938 AL-.418-8

OPS
1931 AL-.879-10

Games
1932 AL-151-10
1939 AL-149-8

At Bats
1931 AL-600-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1931 AL-686-7
1939 AL-654-6

Runs
1931 AL-120-4
1933 AL-112-4
1935 AL-118-4

Hits
1931 AL-189-8

Total Bases
1931 AL-290-10
1932 AL-275-10

Doubles
1932 AL-41-7
1933 AL-36-10
1935 AL-38-4
1936 AL-50-3
1938 AL-40-3
1940 AL-40-6

Triples
1931 AL-11-10
1932 AL-15-4
1934 AL-13-1
1937 AL-12-7

Home Runs
1931 AL-17-7

RBI
1931 AL-122-6

Bases on Balls
1931 AL-75-10
1939 AL-87-8

Strikeouts
1930 AL-58-9
1931 AL-77-4
1934 AL-68-5

Stolen Bases
1931 AL-61-1
1932 AL-38-1
1933 AL-27-1
1934 AL-26-3
1935 AL-17-5
1936 AL-20-4
1937 AL-35-1
1938 AL-13-8
1939 AL-18-5
1940 AL-13-8

Singles
1931 AL-133-5
1933 AL-127-9
1934 AL-142-4

Adjusted OPS+
1931 AL-135-10

Runs Created
1931 AL-116-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1931 AL-31-9
1933 AL-24-9

Batting Wins
1931 AL-3.0-9
1933 AL-2.3-8

Extra-Base Hits
1932 AL-66-9

Times on Base
1931 AL-269-7
1934 AL-251-10
1939 AL-247-10

Offensive Win%
1931 AL-.659-10

Hit By Pitch
1931 AL-5-8
1932 AL-5-3
1933 AL-4-3
1934 AL-3-9

Sac. Hits
1935 AL-14-8
1939 AL-20-2

Grounded into Double Plays
1939 AL-19-2
1940 AL-19-4

Caught Stealing
1931 AL-23-1
1932 AL-18-1
1933 AL-18-1
1934 AL-16-1
1935 AL-10-4
1936 AL-9-5
1937 AL-12-2
Car-135-38

Power/Speed Number
1931 AL-26.6-1
1932 AL-15.8-2
1933 AL-13.5-3
1935 AL-10.9-9
1937 AL-11.7-10

At Bats per Home Run
1931 AL-35.3-8

Outs
1931 AL-440-6
1934 AL-431-8

     

Black Ink: Batting - 9 (243) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 67 (362) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 37.4 (170) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 78.0 (225) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 14, 1936: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Washington Senators for Jake Powell.

June 11, 1937: Traded by the Washington Senators with Bobo Newsom to the Boston Red Sox for Rick Ferrell, Wes Ferrell, and Mel Almada.

December 15, 1938: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Denny Galehouse and Tommy Irwin.

December 24, 1940: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Washington Senators for Joe Krakauskas.

May 26, 1941: Released by the Washington Senators.

May 29, 1941: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

November 3, 1941: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

June 15, 1945: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Peacock.

June 11, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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